HJR 1012 (Constitutional Amendment) Placeholder, bill to be amended to deal with “amending the process for selecting justices of the Supreme Court and amending Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution and other constitutional provisions concerning the litigation of civil claims.

HJR 1014 (Constitutional Amendment) Placeholder, bill to be amended to deal with “amending the process for selecting justices of the Supreme Court and clarifying the Supreme Court and clarifying substantive and procedural law and rights under Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution.

HB 1393 Establishes the judicial technology oversight committee (committee) to: (1) conduct a continuous study of information technology applications for Indiana’s judicial system; (2) develop a long range strategy for technology and automation in Indiana’s judicial system; and (3) make recommendations to the supreme court concerning the implementation of policies, standards, and rules that promote the effective use of technology and automation in Indiana courts. Increases the automated record keeping fee from $5 to $10 for all civil, criminal, infraction, and ordinance violation actions with certain exceptions. Provides that the automated record keeping fee is $5 for all civil, criminal, infraction, and ordinance violation actions resulting in the accused person entering into a: (1) pretrial diversion program agreement; or (2) deferral program agreement.

Maryland House Judiciary Committee

SB 770 Prohibits a person from filing false liens or encumbrances against judges, court staff, and other public/elected officials.

April 3

Tennessee Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 1058 AS AMENDED: Removes all judicial performance evaluation commission members. Replaces with 9 members, none of whom are judges (currently there must be 3 out of 9). Provides new JPEC allowed to rewrite any existing evaluation criteria (current criteria are set by Supreme Court Rule 27). Provides if JPEC recommends against judge, judge in not allowed to run for retention election (currently may run even if JPEC recommends against).